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Next Rest Stop, 2.5 Million Light Yearsby Daniel J. Broderick

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A futuristic update of the family road trip, where the Boffs head to the happiest place in the universe in their minivan-sized space ship, only to be marooned on Earth. Forced to wait five years for a tow, they must adjust to life in New Mexico.

Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Survivors Will Be Prosecutedby Barry Staff

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Wanting a solemn vigil at his dying mother's bedside, a man needs to deal with a pesky insect threatening to make the situation laughable.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Blood, White, And Blueby Antoine Mizel

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Set in a future where the families of murder victims are legally sanctioned to face those convicted in a 3-minute death match, an apprehensive, yet determined couple, faces off with their daughter's killer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Home-Cookedby Simon Parker

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A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legendonly to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby John Porter

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A western romance based on O. Henry's short story (first published in 1881, now in the public domain) about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful young Mexican girl.

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Growing with Albertby John Witcher

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After being adopted by his Uncle Albert, Mickey comes of age in a small Midwestern town.

Genre: Family
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Old Schoolby Bernhard Riedhammer

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An obsolete radio escapes into a world of drugs to find solace from a fast moving society he cannot keep up with.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Out Of The Rainby Adrian Milnes

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A man takes pity on a woman and her baby sheltering from the rain, but lives to regret it.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Clownby DJ Robbins

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A weird clown hands Steve a balloon at a campus Halloween carnival, and he and his friends find themselves stalked by the creepy clown.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Living in the Pastby Bernhard Riedhammer

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A 30-year-old disillusioned loner must deal with his estranged and socially awkward father, after he suffers a stroke losing part of his memory. Both share a painful past he cannot forget, and his father cannot remember.

Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Moors: The Freedom Fightersby Tirrell J. Paxton

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During Medieval Spain, a tyrannical King holds hostage a debutante from a noble family. A Jewish ally flees and evades knights to inform her father of his daughter's predicament. The Jewish crusader and Count seek military assistance from the Moors in North Africa to liberate the debutante and Spain from oppressive Gothic Rule!

Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Second Windby Dewayne C Bricker

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Sleepless before surgery, Lauren wanders into a hospital chapel and meets Carol, a night custodian who teaches her to fold paper cranes "one crease at a time." Their quiet exchange transforms fear into acceptance. As dawn breaks, Lauren tucks the crane over her heart and walks into surgery, choosing courage over control, faith over fear.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker

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When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.

Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Pyrisousby Allen Mummert

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A writer's reality unravels into a disturbing virtual labyrinth, forcing him to confront the fabricated nature of his existence before he's permanently consumed by the digital abyss.

Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Dr. Coup De Graceby Sherrie Presson

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A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Mariliseby Ron Micci

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Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Reflectionsby Jeff Walker

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On a fateful day a desperate man filled with fear and uncertainty races to connect with those who have most impacted his life before confronting his destiny.

Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

How a Man of Vision Learns to Seeby John Porter

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An elderly, extremely successful man shows how he has become a man of vision: he's looked through the eyes of others, thanked them for their vision, and enjoyed it with them

Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Driver Sevenby Elliot Stanton

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A vintage car appears like an irresistible purchase, but at what real cost? An unassuming man is convinced to buy a pristine classic car from a mysterious seller. Even though the car is beautiful, it hides a dark and deadly secret that it soon unleashes on its new owner.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Soul Collectorby Madison Smith

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Two ghost hunters travel to Salem MA in order to search for ancient witch artifact. Along the process, they uncover history between pirates and witches, which they mistakenly unlock ghosts from the past to collect souls to sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Alone with Himselfby Anastasiia

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What if an ordinary little kid is left alone without any support? Do you know what a little person experiences when he has to cope with difficulties alone? Perhaps each of us has experienced this, but do you remember how scary it was?

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Madam Lucindaby Jason K. Allen

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A man visits a psychic seeking knowledge about his love life and his favorite fishing hole. Unfortunately, he is Madam Lucinda's first ever customer and things don't go quite as planned. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 characters.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

When I Fallby Simon Parker

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James returns to his family home in a wheelchair with his fiance, determined to undergo a risky operation that could help him walk again

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Make Haste Slowlyby John Porter

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Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.

Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Utopian Tetragonby S.C. Smith

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In a meta twist of fiction, a struggling novelist pens a novel about his own attempts to gain representation in the cutthroat world of literary agents, all while contending with eccentric neighbors and a disinterested industry, blurring the lines between his fictional narrative and reality in Utopian Tetragon.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Life Is a Rollercoaster...Sometimesby Elliot Stanton

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With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you're trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

A Moment In Timeby PAUL BYRNE

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A bounty on their heads, a middle eastern woman in D.C. must trust a psychotic D.E.A. agent to save her family from an arms dealer's vendetta despite his claims of loving her in a past life... and he can prove it.

Genre: Action/Adventure
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Pair of Brown Oxfords in the Middle Grey Boothby Charles Webb

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I hadn't really noticed it until I zipped up my pants.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Dutchess Greenby Joseph Brown

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The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Anne's Forever Christmas Treeby Andrew Bowen, APR

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Struck by a soft blue bolt of lightning that gives her mysterious powers, a fir tree that becomes a beloved Christmas tree teams up with the family's Irish Setter to work wonders in the house that leave the baffled family members joyously scratching their heads in gratitude. And when Christmas is over, the magic really happens!

Genre: Family
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Same Nameby Steven Burton

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Their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor/writer together to collaborate on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Train of Thoughtby Elliot Stanton

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Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Free Boxby Charles Webb

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The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Winds of Kandaharby PAUL BYRNE

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Racing the clock on 9/11, a two-fisted female private eye goes head-to-head with a terrorist sleeper cell and risks everything to save the Pentagon on that fateful day.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Traphouseby Melissa Diane Hudson

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Fueled by a bad breakup, two best friends create a Podcast where scorned women compete to tell the worst man-hating story, until a shocking confession derails their man-hating mission and challenges their definition of love.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Mars Landingby Aaron Langvand

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A space obsessed teenager who suffers from a terminal illness bonds with a space sciences graphic designer to fulfill the teen's dream of landing on Mars.

Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The 101st Airborne on D-dayby Robert Michael Benn

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The 101st Airborne jumps on D-day over Cherbourg. Protagonists 'Screaming Eagle' Robert and Waffen SS Hans meet. A $20 million blockbuster battle scene occurs. At their 50th reunion, Robert & Hans toasts each other & their good fortune.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

But Wait ... There's More!by John Boal

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On this segment of "But Wait ... There's More!" at a local TV station, the mid-40s Host, Tiffany Long, and her two Reporters, as usual, critique weird, wacky and often wasteful single-use plastic products that viewers may or may not need. But in the closing segment, Tiffany and her Reporters break the 4th wall; show how these plastic products are killing our oceans and sea life and defiantly quit their popular program on air.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

This Dedicated Physicianby Michael Volpe

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After overcoming a painful miscarriage and divorce from her unfaithful lawyer wife, Neonatal Doctor Lee Lopez fights an uphill battle to stop her inner-city hospital from being closed by a greedy Board of Directors headed by her ex-wife's lover.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Spider Daddyby Wayne E. Johnson

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An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles